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Neil Warnock delivers an update on Cardiff City's transfer search


NEIL WARNOCK:

“We’ve spoke about a number of players and even the ones we’re talking about signing, it doesn’t mean they’re going to be better than what we’ve got. No matter what you pay, it doesn’t guarantee they’re going to do it in the Premier League. We probably have to prune the squad a little bit and give ourselves one or two options.”

Neil Warnock on the Emiliano Sala links


NEIL WARNOCK:

“None of them have moved on, we’re looking at targets all over the show and crossed a few off this week - and added one or two targets.”

“ January is difficult and you sometimes pay over the top. I don’t want to bring in anybody who’s not better than what we’ve got. It’s as difficult as I’ve ever seen it. Mehmet (Dalman) and Ken (Choo) are working really hard, we haven’t got a director of football and most Premier League clubs have got five or six more staff than we’ve got.”


“We have to give everyone a look even if it’s a waste of time and try to bring in someone of the right calibre.”

In one quote he says they may not be better than what we’ve got, then in the next quote says they HAVE to be better than we’ve got.

Which is it, Neil...?

NEIL WARNOCK:

More from Warnock on the January transfer window

“When we’re looking at a player, we’re not looking at players the top half of the Premier League can afford. You have to weigh up the cost of the player, look at the situation if we got relegated, the financial implications of the club - and who’s available. You don’t want your good players to go in January.”

“We’re looking at three positions if we can, but I’m probably only confident in one position of the three. It looks like if our number one or two options don’t come off, it’ll be the end of January.”

KWest wrote:In one quote he says they may not be better than what we’ve got, then in the next quote says they HAVE to be better than we’ve got.

Which is it, Neil...?

I think he's just doing due diligence and meant that they have to check and double check that any targets are better than what we have before signing...and he is right that they simply have to be, if we are to improve our chances of staying in the Premier League for next season